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A Ganesha festival puja in progress before a large pink Ganesha murti adorned with a gold crown, gold ornaments, a red-orange cloth and yellow-and-red flower garlands. Two women in white saris with orange borders stand at an altar, each raising a lit flame in their right hand toward the deity. Before the murti sit fruit offerings, a bowl, a brass lamp and scattered flower petals on a white cloth. A green draped backdrop and banana leaves frame the scene, and a young boy in a striped shirt and shorts watches at left.

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